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Location, location, location. The Lord Stanley has them all in Vancouver's West End.

Walk a level block west and you come to Lost Lagoon and Vancouver's famous 400-hectare Stanley Park. Walk a level block east and you jump into vibrant Robson and Denman Streets, with restaurants galore.

One block north takes you to Coal Harbour's waterfront esplanade. After half a dozen blocks south you are standing on the beach at English Bay.

A large grocery story and mostly organic markets are within a five-minute walk, as are the secluded West End streets with the many heritage houses and colourful gardens.

If you had to choose one part of Vancouver as a base, this would be a good spot. You can easily walk or bike into, through and around the downtown core, which is surrounded on three sides by water.

You can walk or bike into and around Stanley Park. You can walk around Lost Lagoon with its raccoons, ducks, geese, swans and sometimes skunks.

You can walk south along Denman to English Bay, then along False Creek to catch a little ferry across the water to the Planetarium near Kitsilano Beach, the market on Granville Island, or further east to Science World where you can catch the Skytrain.

Downtown is also only a short walk or trolley bus ride up Robson, with its brand label shops.

Best hotel amenity: The reception staff go out of their way to make you feel welcome, coming out from behind the desk to open the front door for you.

Best thing about the room: We rather liked the little square balcony, and a small den is handy if you need to work with your computer.

Price point: Rates start around $200 a night for a onebedroom suite on a lower floor with no view - but for stays of 30 days or longer drop to around $100 a night, partly because extended stays escape some of the provincial taxes. The rate includes continental breakfast; parking (underground) and Internet are extra.

This would appeal to: If you want the option of cooking for yourself and doing your own laundry in a serviced apartment, while staying in one of the prime attraction areas of the city, the Lord Stanley is for you.

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